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Earthwork

Brackyle, County Limerick, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Earthwork, Brackyle, County Limerick, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Brackyle
County
Limerick
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.56543, -8.30904
SMR number
LI024-312----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In low-lying, improved rough pasture, cut by land drains and watercourses, 370m N of the Reask River, which also forms a townland boundary with Cross. Not depicted on OSi historic maps. A moated site (LI024-167----) and a barrow (LI024-168----) lie 65m to SW and 90m to SE, respectively. Identified as a rectilinear-shaped cropmark, which is open to SW, by the Bruff aerial photographic survey in 1986 (Bruff 155: AP 4/3676). Monument is not visible on OSi orthophoto taken 2005-2012, or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 2011-2013, or on Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018.

See attached Google Earth orthoimage taken 18/11/2018 and Bruff aerial survey image labelled Bruff 155.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 17 October 2020

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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